Genetic analysis in European ancestry individuals identifies 517 loci associated with liver enzymes

oleh: Raha Pazoki, Marijana Vujkovic, Joshua Elliott, Evangelos Evangelou, Dipender Gill, Mohsen Ghanbari, Peter J. van der Most, Rui Climaco Pinto, Matthias Wielscher, Matthias Farlik, Verena Zuber, Robert J. de Knegt, Harold Snieder, André G. Uitterlinden, Lifelines Cohort Study, Julie A. Lynch, Xiyun Jiang, Saredo Said, David E. Kaplan, Kyung Min Lee, Marina Serper, Rotonya M. Carr, Philip S. Tsao, Stephen R. Atkinson, Abbas Dehghan, Ioanna Tzoulaki, M. Arfan Ikram, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Danish Saleheen, Benjamin F. Voight, Kyong-Mi Chang, Mark R. Thursz, Paul Elliott, the VA Million Veteran Program

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01

Deskripsi

Plasma levels of liver enzymes provide insights into hepatic function and related diseases. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study on three liver enzymes, identifying genetic variants associated with their plasma concentration as well as links to metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.